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The Unseen

a compelling tale of love, deception and illusion

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The Unseen

By: Katherine Webb
Narrated by: Clare Wille
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 England, 1911. When a free-spirited young woman arrives in a sleepy Berkshire village to work as a maid in the household of The Reverend and Mrs Canning, she sets in motion a chain of events which changes all their lives. For Cat has a past - a past her new mistress is willing to overlook, but will never understand . . .

This is not all Hester Canning has to cope with. When her husband invites a young man into their home, he brings with him a dangerous obsession . . .

During the long, oppressive summer, the rectory becomes charged with ambition, love and jealousy - with the most devastating consequences.

Read by Clare Wille

(p) 2011 Orion Publishing Group©2011 Katherine Webb Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Literary Fiction England Emotionally Gripping Feel-Good
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Great story that unravels in the telling of present and past events. Enjoyable performance. Well worth the time.

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What a change to have a book that holds you from beginning to end
An amazing story from a brilliant writer and beautifully read by a very talented narrator
Looking forward to my next from Katherine Webb

Wonderfully written and narrated

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Good story, easy to listen to, slightly cliche ending. Problem with chapters on audible app not always aligning with book chapters though.

Really enjoyable

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This was a bit of a gamble for me, not having read any Katherine Webb before, and thankfully it was a gamble that paid off: I very much enjoyed it. It's a historical book, and is well written. The narration is also good, I think. I felt in turns annoyed by and sorry for the Rev - he is a little naive, but very constrsined by both his profession and the times. It's an interesting time to set a novel, I think: lots of interesting social tensions and changes that can be brought into the book. I think this has been done well.

Very enjoyable

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The plot and setting of this (audio) book are interesting in themselves, but it is through the character of "Cat" that the story grabs you by the throat. At first you do not notice this so much - the attention is on the development of the story. However, as the story progresses the only question in your mind becomes whether or not Cat will be able to extract herself from either her past or from what must be impending doom.

The narrator has done very well, her voice creating a fragile atmosphere of understated emotion through which what actually happens becomes almost unbearable. Once you are into the story, you will not want to stop listening.

Spellbinding

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